Hollywood Lost and Found

23/11/2021

The nonprofit responsible for maintaining the Hollywood Sign announced today it completed the first stage of restoration work in preparation of the sign’s 100th anniversary in 2023. The Holly…

19/10/2021

More Hollywood history being LOST...

This will mean they're tearing down the very famous house facades featured in "Gremlins," "Lethal Weapon," "American Beauty," "Hocus Pocus," "WandaVision," and countless others.

Warner Bros. Ranch lot will be redeveloped to meet growing demand for soundstages as legacy studios and streaming newcomers compete for space to make movies and TV shows.

06/10/2021

15/09/2020

Steve Lee, Walt Lee's son, has been diligently archiving and scanning the movie stills and other memorabilia that they both had been collecting for many years... many of these are the original images that can be found in the Reference Guide. Steve has now let us know that the first batch of this material is now online for everyone... with much more coming very soon. Please visit the Fantastic Film Archive, hosted by Steve's site Hollywood Lost and Found. There images are available for everyone to use on their personal social media and other non-commercial uses. Enjoy! (And please click on a few ads while you're there to help Steve's effort!)

http://hollywoodlostandfound.net/FantasticFilmArchive/

The Fantastic Film Archive is the combined collections of Walter W. Lee, Jr. (physicist, writer, historian, and creator of the three-volume Reference Guide to Fantastic Films, published between 1972 and 1974) and his son Steve Lee (Hollywood historian, film sound editor, and founder of Hollywood Los...

14/08/2020

Lillian Michelson inspired and informed thousands of filmmakers for more than six decades. Now her legendary research library sits in storage while she and her friends try to save it from becoming landfill.

04/01/2018

Variety

Variety

Hugh Jackman on how Jerry Seinfeld convinced him to retire Logan | presented by airs tonight at 7 p.m. on PBS SoCal

29/06/2017

Saturday Night Fever dance floor up for auction - BBC News

An iconic set piece... the dance floor from Saturday Night Fever.

The Saturday Night Fever dance floor is expected to be sold for more than a million pounds at auction.

31/03/2017

Christopher Nolan and Sofia Coppola urge fans to watch films in cinemas, not on Netflix

Christopher Nolan and Sofia Coppola urge fans to watch films in cinemas, not on Netflix

As studios reckon with the rise of streaming, the two directors ask audiences to watch their movies on the big screen, where they’re ‘meant to be seen’

14/03/2017

The Great Pie Fight

In honor of Pi Day... Here is the greatest pie fight in motion picture history! "The Great Race" (1965)

08/03/2017

Los Angeles Times

FOUND: One of the most famous cars in cinema history...

Four decades ago, one of the most iconic cars in film history went missing. It was discovered in a scrapyard in Baja California.

13/02/2017

See the Evolution of Movie Magic With Every Oscar Winner for Visual Effects in History

See the Evolution of Movie Magic With Every Oscar Winner for Visual Effects in History

The Academy Awards are almost here and many people will be talking about red carpet fashion, comedic monologues, and who got robbed. But few will be paying attention to the most important awards category—Best Visual Effects. This supercut pulls together all the past winners into a nice little remind...

19/01/2017

The Hollywood Sound Museum

The Hollywood Sound Museum

Please make a donation to HollywoodSoundMuseum.org and learn more about how sound effects for films are made!

21/11/2016

Kirk Thatcher discusses his song I HATE YOU from Star Trek IV

In honor of Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home's 30th Anniversary… here's our Steve Lee with the film's Associate Producer Kirk Thatcher, discussing the song I HATE YOU heard during Kirk's cameo in the film as the punk on the bus...

"Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" Associate Producer Kirk Thatcher tells Hollywood Lost and Found's Steve Lee the story behind I HATE YOU, the song in the film...

15/09/2016

How the American Genre Film Archive Is Saving Movies One Reel at a Time

How the American Genre Film Archive Is Saving Movies One Reel at a Time

Austin nonprofit preserves cinema’s underseen and underappreciated

08/09/2016

Anne V. Coates to Receive Only the 2nd Honorary Oscar in History for Film Editing - CineMontage

Congratulations to legendary film editor Anne V. Coates, ACE.

The Academy of Motion Pictures announced September 1 that Anne V. Coates, ACE, will receive an honorary Oscar statuette at the [...]

07/09/2016

Classic Hollywood | Los Angeles Times

"Notorious," Alfred Hitchcock's uber romantic thriller starring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman, was released in theaters on this date 70 years ago. The classic was nominated for two Academy Awards-supporting actor for Claude Rains and screenplay for Ben Hecht. Photo from the L.A. Times files.

10/08/2016

HFPA Awards $500,000 Grant to American Cinematheque for Egyptian Theatre Restoration

HFPA Awards $500,000 Grant to American Cinematheque for Egyptian Theatre Restoration

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) has awarded a $500,000 grant to fund maintenance and essential technical upgrades to the historic 1922 Egyptian Theatre, a designated historic cultura…

30/07/2016

As Kirk Douglas turns 100, a major UCLA retrospective looks at his amazing body of work

As Kirk Douglas turns 100, a major UCLA retrospective looks at his amazing body of work

UCLA is screening Kirk Douglas' films as he turns 100. Upcoming include "Champion," "Lonely Are the Brave" and "Paths of Glory."

22/07/2016

Paramount : Protect the RKO Studios Globe From Demolition by Paramount Studios in Hollywood.

Help save the historic RKO globe!

Paramount Studios has scheduled the demolition of the historically significant stages located on the Paramount Studios property at the corner of Gower St. and Melrose Ave. in Hollywood, CA. We would like the RKO Globe that sits on top of Stage 21 preserved as a historically significant piece of Cali...

20/07/2016

The Academy

The Academy

Calling all film history fans!

Take a peek inside the the Academy’s Margaret Herrick Library and learn from our archivists, librarians and all the people that make it one of the greatest film libraries today.

The library, which is used by filmmakers, students, researchers, and movie fans, contains an incredible collection of materials that chronicle the making of motion pictures from their inception through the present day.

12/07/2016

The Hollywood Sound Museum

The Hollywood Sound Museum wishes a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our friend, Sound Designer Ben Burtt today!

09/07/2016

ARCHIVAL REVIVAL – 25 YEARS OF THE ACADEMY FILM ARCHIVE

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences is having their "Archival Revival" screening series - which includes a 70mm print of West Side Story on July 18th. If you're a film fan in the Los Angeles area, this is a great chance to see some classics on the big screen.

25 years ago, the Academy’s Board of Governors formed the Academy Film Archive with a commitment to create a “world class” archive dedicated to collecting, preserving, and restoring films. We celebrate the variety and depth of our collections and restoration projects that have been accomplished thus...

26/06/2016

Steven Spielberg takes us on a guided tour of his favorite studio backlot

It's not often one gets a tour of the Universal Studios Lot by Steven Spielberg...

Steven Spielberg is gonna need a boat. Not a bigger boat. Same-sized boat, preferably. Actually, the closer they can replicate the Orca fishing...

21/06/2016

The Academy

The Academy

Be the first to see our newest videos featuring the world's greatest filmmakers revealing the stories behind their creations!

25/05/2016

This day in history: 'Star Wars' premieres on May 25, 1977

This day in history: 'Star Wars' premieres on May 25, 1977

The world was first introduced to George Lucas' sci-fi masterpiece almost 40 years ago.

10/02/2016

The Hollywood Sound Museum

Please check out this very important project we're involved in...

We're building a Museum dedicated to the art, science, and magic of SOUND in movies! Help us make The Hollywood Sound Museum a reality!

14/01/2016

Timeline Photos

10/01/2016

6 of Today's Top Directors Talk Around A Table for Your Viewing Pleasure

Great conversation with some great Directors...

The Hollywood Reporter's annual roundtables are in full effect. An eclectic crew of white guys talk about movies in this year's Director Roundtable, including Danny Boyle (Steve Jobs), Tom Hooper (The Danish Girl), Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu (The Revenant), David O. Russell (Joy), Ridley Scott (The…

28/12/2015

120 years watching movies together

On the 28th of December, 2015, it will be 120 years since the Lumiérè brothers screened first commercial film images. So, we can say that that occasion was the beginning of movie theaters - the birth of the most emblematic location for all of us who love cinema.

On the 28th of December, 2015, it will be 120 years since the Lumiérè brothers screened first commercial film images. So, we can say that that occasion…

24/12/2015

"Merry Christmas, movie house!"
Happy Holidays from Hollywood Lost and Found!

03/12/2015

What Happens On A Typical Day in the Ultimate Movie Library — ART & SCIENCE

The best resource for film history. EVER.

Imagine the entire history of film housed in a building anybody can visit.

10/11/2015

Click here to support Sound FX & Interviews! ROADTRIP! by Steve Lee

Our partners at The Hollywood Radiophonic Laboratory are having a fundraiser for a roadtrip to record interviews with some of our movie sound design heroes... Please check it out, and contribute if you can! You'll get to hear some great stories about film sound effects, and perhaps get a cool t-shirt!

The Hollywood Radiophonic Laboratory, our new small independent company dedicated to sound effects design and the preservation of the craft's history, is having a ROADTRIP! On this trip, we're going to record new sounds, interview experts in the craft, and share stories behind many classic motio...

05/10/2015

Trivia question...

Where can one see (and HEAR) a Star Wars TIE Fighter fly by in the film "Poltergeist" (1982)?